Forrest,
To do status as a radio option:
{exp:form_helper:statuses entry_id="{entry_id}" exclude="open|closed|hamsandwich"}
<input type="radio" name="status" value="{entry_status}" {checked} /> {entry_status}
{/exp:form_helper:statuses}
Status as a dropmenu:
<select name="status">
{exp:form_helper:statuses entry_id="{entry_id}" exclude="open|closed|hamsandwich"}
<option value='{entry_status}' {checked}>{entry_status}</option>
{/exp:form_helper:statuses}
</select>
As for Authors, you’re on your own on this one. You can change Authors if you’re an Administrator, but if you’re any other member group, it will return an error.
Code for Authors though… you’ll need to hardcode it as well.
<select name="author_id">
<option value="1" {if author_id="1"} selected="selected"{/if}>Joe Shmo</option>
<option value="2" {if author_id="2"} selected="selected"{/if}>Peter Piper</option>
<option value="6" {if author_id="6"} selected="selected"{/if}>Jane Smith</option>
<option value="22" {if author_id="22"} selected="selected"{/if}>Pie Man</option>
</select>
